Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak in support of this legislation, and I want to commend my friend and ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Representative Frank Pallone of New Jersey. He has worked tirelessly on this very important policy. Hundreds of millions of parcels containing illicit or unapproved drugs enter the United States supply chain each year, and they do it through international mail facilities. Through the mail, Mr. Speaker. That poses a major threat to public health. These parcels are often difficult to identify as they contain little or no labeling, and the Food and Drug Administration's current detention and destruction authorities over these parcels, turns out, it is pretty limited. H.R. 5228 seeks to strengthen FDA's authority to refuse and destroy substances identified through these international mail facilities and improve enforcement mechanisms available to the agency to combat the influx of illegally manufactured opioids into the country. I know, in my conversations with Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who heads the FDA, he has added the resources he could find within his agency and has brought many of these issues to our attention. He has been a real leader on this issue for the Trump administration, and I thank him for his work. But it is clear this bipartisan legislation that Mr.…”